Job 6
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Job 6
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| Then Job answered and said, | And Job made answer and said, |
| Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances! | If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble! |
| For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash. | For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled. |
| For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. | For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me. |
| Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder? | Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food? |
| Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? | Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain? |
| My soul refuseth to touch [them]; They are as loathsome food to me. | My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food. |
| Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for! | If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire! |
| Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! | If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off! |
| And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One. | So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One. |
| What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient? | Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to? |
| Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass? | Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh brass? |
| Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me? | I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me. |
| To him that is ready to faint kindness [should be showed] from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. | He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all. |
| My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away; | My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end: |
| Which are black by reason of the ice, [And] wherein the snow hideth itself: | Which are dark because of the ice, and the snow falling into them; |
| What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. | Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat. |
| The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish. | The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction. |
| The caravans of Tema looked, The companies of Sheba waited for them. | The camel-trains of Tema were searching with care, the bands of Sheba were waiting for them: |
| They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded. | They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone. |
| For now ye are nothing; Ye see a terror, and are afraid. | So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear. |
| Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance? | Did I say, Give me something? or, Make a payment for me out of your wealth? |
| Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors? | Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones? |
| Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred. | Give me teaching and I will be quiet; and make me see my error. |
| How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove? | How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments? |
| Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind? | My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind. |
| Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend. | Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend. |
| Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face. | Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face. |
| Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous. | Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me. |
| Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things? | Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me? |
